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WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer has tested positive for COVID-19 and reports experiencing very mild symptoms. Schumer’s spokesman, Justin Goodman, says in a statement Sunday night that the New York Democrat is fully vaccinated and has received two booster shots. Goodman says the 71-year-old majority leader will follow federal health guidelines and
Continue ReadingBy Ali Zaslav Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer has tested positive for Covid-19 and has “very mild symptoms,” according to his spokesman. “As a part of his regular testing regimen, Leader Schumer received a positive test result for COVID-19. The Leader is fully vaccinated and double boosted, and has very mild symptoms,” spokesman Justin Goodman
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By Rosa Flores and Rosalina Nieves, CNN The Texas House committee investigating the Uvalde school shooting is planning to release hallway surveillance video of what police were doing, along with a fact-focused report to the families of those who were massacred, according to a source close to the committee. The intention of the committee and
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By KRUTIKA PATHI Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — As Sri Lanka’s crisis peaked this weekend, two men in the center of the turmoil brought about by the country’s economic collapse promised they would heed the call of tens of thousands of protesters and resign. One is President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, the last of six members
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By GREG BEACHAM AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Los Angeles Dodgers have reached the point in their latest roll when a five-run deficit and the early exit of a 20-game winner don’t even seem like particularly daunting obstacles. “We weren’t going to be denied today,” manager Dave Roberts said. “I just had
Continue ReadingCNN, EPA.GOV, NWCG.GOV, YOSEMITE FIRE AND AVIATION, NATIONAL PARK SERVICE, PARK SERVICE By Ralph Ellis, Taylor Romine and Hannah Sarisohn, CNN A wildfire in California’s Yosemite National Park still threatens the famed Mariposa Grove of giant sequoia trees, but so far none of the trees has suffered significant damage, fire incident public information officer Robbie
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Luis Ernesto Quintana Barney (CNN Español) — Varias personas resultaron heridas durante un tiroteo que se registró este domingo a las afueras de un estadio deportivo de la cuarta división del fútbol profesional argentino o Primera C, informó TN, afiliada de CNN. Según el reporte, el incidente ocurrió a las afueras del Estadio Municipal de
Continue Reading By BERNIE WILSON AP Sports Writer SAN DIEGO (AP) — San Francisco Giants left-hander Alex Wood was unhittable for five innings, and the San Diego Padres got very little after that. Wood took a no-hitter into the sixth, and Wilmer Flores had two home runs among his four hits and four RBIs in a 12-0
Continue Reading By JACK THOMPSON Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — Connor Joe drove in the go-ahead run with a two-out single off All-Star Joe Mantiply in the seventh inning, and the Colorado Rockies rallied to beat Arizona 3-2 on Sunday and take three of four from the Diamondbacks for a rare road series win. Colorado took advantage
Continue Reading Rocío Muñoz-Ledo (CNN) — Este fósil es un espectáculo para los entusiastas de los saurios. Sotheby’s Nueva York anunció que subastará el esqueleto de un Gorgosaurus, un primo del T-Rex, a fines de este mes, y se estima que se venderá por hasta US$ 8 millones. Este miembro de la familia de los tiranosaurios vagó
Continue Reading By MICHAEL WAGAMAN Associated Press OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Korey Lee got his first three hits in the major leagues and drove in three runs, leading Jake Odorizzi and the Houston Astros past the Oakland Athletics 6-1 on Sunday. All-Star outfielder Kyle Tucker hit his 17th home run, helping the first-place Astros to their 11th
Continue ReadingBy Paul LeBlanc, CNN Former House Speaker Paul Ryan was “sobbing” as he watched the January 6, 2021, attack on the US Capitol unfold on television, a new book reports. Ryan, who has criticized former President Donald Trump and his hold on the Republican Party, “found himself sobbing” during the insurrection, journalist Mark Leibovich writes
Continue ReadingCNN By Jamie Gangel, CNN Former Overstock CEO Patrick Byrne, an ally of former President Donald Trump, is expected to meet Friday with the House select committee investigating January 6, 2021, according to three sources familiar with the matter. There have been no ground rules or topics defined, according to one of the sources. The
Continue Reading Rocío Muñoz-Ledo (CNN) — Para los viajeros ansiosos por emprender una aventura, reconectarse con la naturaleza o sentir que son los únicos humanos en kilómetros y kilómetros, la Patagonia es uno de los últimos lugares vírgenes de la Tierra. Esta región remota cubre cientos de miles de kilómetros cuadrados del sur de Argentina y Chile,
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Warm days continue with slightly above normal temperatures expected for the next several days. Monday should look and feel similar to Sunday, with overall dry conditions. Most of the day will be spent in the triple digits. KESQ The National Weather Service has issued an Excessive Heat Warning for areas east and southeast of the
Continue Reading MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s Roman Catholic Church has began a special round of prayers for peace after two Jesuit priests and a tour guide were slain June 20. Jesuits in Mexico held a moment of silence Sunday for the priests allegedly killed by a local drug gang leader as they tried to protect the
Continue Reading By RONALD BLUM AP Baseball Writer NEW YORK (AP) — In a city of stars, the Angels’ Shohei Ohtani and the Dodgers’ Clayton Kershaw will be in the spotlight July 19 at Dodger Stadium. “I think it’s been a couple of years since I got to compete in an All-Star Game, and something about Dodger
Continue ReadingBy Nicky Robertson, CNN British Member of Parliament Liz Truss has joined the race to replace Boris Johnson as leader of the Conservative Party, outlining her campaign in an op-ed published Sunday in The Telegraph. “I am putting myself forward because I can lead, deliver and make the tough decisions. I have a clear vision
Continue Reading MOBILE, Ala. (AP) — Descendants of the last African people abducted into slavery and brought to America’s shores gathered to pay tribute to their ancestors. The relatives of the 110 people aboard the schooner Clotilda, the the last known slave ship to America, held a ceremony in Alabama to mark the anniversary of the landing
Continue Reading Rocío Muñoz-Ledo (CNN) — Un año y medio después, los horrores minuto a minuto de la insurrección del 6 de enero y el papel del entonces presidente Donald Trump en el fomento de la violencia siguen saliendo a la luz, gracias en gran parte a las recientes audiencias públicas de la comisión de la Cámara
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